In January our church held its annual congregational fast. For 21 days we prayed together, fasted together and meditated on 1 John . Here are my thoughts from those times of devotion in 1 John.
3 We know that we have come to know him if we keep his commands. 4 Whoever says, “I know him,” but does not do what he commands is a liar, and the truth is not in that person. 5 But if anyone obeys his word, love for God[a] is truly made complete in them. This is how we know we are in him: 6 Whoever claims to live in him must live as Jesus did. 1 JOHN 2:3-6
MEDITATIONAL THOUGHT:Holiness is an unmistakable byproduct of God’s grace in your life.
MY THOUGHTS: Holiness comes from salvation not vice versa. I am shocked by how much I have changed over the course of my life. I am equally shocked by how much more I see needs to be changed as I move forward into the future. When I was a young Christian man I thought I truly knew myself . I truly thought I knew what in me needed changing. The longer I have lived in Christ the more I have seen of myself that God would change. Life experience and Life with Jesus has shown me things in my deepest heart that needed changing. Many of these things I wasn’t even aware were a part of me way back when I was a young man. They were there, but they were hidden… asleep until life circumstances brought them to the surface.
Yet here is something else I have learned. Jesus is still the remedy for all my sin of thought, word, and deed. His mercies are new every morning!
Lillie-Put 